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<blockquote data-quote="Greenmanwest" data-source="post: 1637959" data-attributes="member: 314754">Its likely the offending process is an ad or spyware program like Genieo or Downlight. Try going to your Users &amp; Groups under the Login Items tab - and uncheck InstallerS if its there, or anything else that you don't recognize. That may stop it from launching on startup, which it appears to be doing in your case.&nbsp; While you are there, turn off anything else that launches at Login that is not essential (the only items I have open at Login are my Dropbox and a third party font manager I use - everything else is unchecked to ensure a fast startup!) Then restart your Mac.Then, read this article on the Mac Forum - <a href="http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987" target="_blank">http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987</a>it will tell you how to remove Genieo and other injection ad/spyware that you may have inadvertently installed.&nbsp; This issue is usually not a problem with Mac OS per se, but with something that you inadvertantly downloaded and installed along with something else.&nbsp; Frequently these programs show up as a checkbox option when you are installing free software - unfortunately the checkbox is marked by default and if you rush through the installation process, you might miss the step where you can uncheck it!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenmanwest, post: 1637959, member: 314754"] Its likely the offending process is an ad or spyware program like Genieo or Downlight. Try going to your Users & Groups under the Login Items tab - and uncheck InstallerS if its there, or anything else that you don't recognize. That may stop it from launching on startup, which it appears to be doing in your case. While you are there, turn off anything else that launches at Login that is not essential (the only items I have open at Login are my Dropbox and a third party font manager I use - everything else is unchecked to ensure a fast startup!) Then restart your Mac. Then, read this article on the Mac Forum - [url]http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987[/url] it will tell you how to remove Genieo and other injection ad/spyware that you may have inadvertently installed. This issue is usually not a problem with Mac OS per se, but with something that you inadvertantly downloaded and installed along with something else. Frequently these programs show up as a checkbox option when you are installing free software - unfortunately the checkbox is marked by default and if you rush through the installation process, you might miss the step where you can uncheck it! [/QUOTE]

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